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!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs");</description><title>World-Class Things that Embarrass Toronto</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @worldclassembarrassments)</generator><link>http://worldclassembarrassments.tumblr.com/</link><item><title>There’s no need to make up anything about Rob Ford - The Fixer | #TOpoli</title><description>&lt;a href="http://thestar.blogs.com/thefixer/2013/05/theres-no-need-to-make-up-anything-about-rob-ford.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&amp;utm_medium=twitter"&gt;There’s no need to make up anything about Rob Ford - The Fixer | #TOpoli&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Res ipsa loquitur.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://worldclassembarrassments.tumblr.com/post/50766432892</link><guid>http://worldclassembarrassments.tumblr.com/post/50766432892</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 19:14:57 -0400</pubDate><category>Toronto politics</category><category>Ford Nation</category><category>delusion</category><category>stupidity</category><category>substance abuse</category><category>pathetic rationalizations</category></item><item><title>@TOMayorFord and @ThomsonTO.
What will he get away with next?</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/616454f3bb611c881b6ad60808026ddf/tumblr_mjf11y7yrN1rsdfgko1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;@TOMayorFord and @ThomsonTO.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What will he get away with next?&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://worldclassembarrassments.tumblr.com/post/44974094921</link><guid>http://worldclassembarrassments.tumblr.com/post/44974094921</guid><pubDate>Sat, 09 Mar 2013 17:56:22 -0500</pubDate><category>Mayor Rob Ford</category><category>Sarah Thomson</category><category>sexual harassment</category><category>crude</category><category>ignorant</category></item><item><title>Twitter / Robsonian: “We want to make Toronto ...</title><description>&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/Robsonian/statuses/296312725208977408"&gt;Twitter / Robsonian: “We want to make Toronto ...&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/Robsonian/statuses/296312725208977408"&gt;https://twitter.com/Robsonian/statuses/296312725208977408&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;“We want to make Toronto a World-Class City [to hold conventions in].” - Sands Corp. CEO Michael Leven.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
— Jon Robson (@Robsonian) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/Robsonian/statuses/296312725208977408"&gt;January 29, 2013&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://worldclassembarrassments.tumblr.com/post/41797575763</link><guid>http://worldclassembarrassments.tumblr.com/post/41797575763</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 13:47:28 -0500</pubDate><category>gambling</category><category>casino lobbyists</category><category>public consultation</category></item><item><title>"Chronic underfunding of an overburdened public-transport network, and the council’s lengthy..."</title><description>“Chronic underfunding of an overburdened public-transport network, and the council’s lengthy wrangling over a new plan have created a shabby and truncated subway that is unfit for the world-class metropolis Toronto claims to be.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.economist.com/news/americas/21567383-city-and-its-government-are-stuck-gridlock-model-t-ford-breaks-down?fsrc=rss%7Came"&gt;Canada’s biggest city: Model-T Ford breaks down | The Economist&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://worldclassembarrassments.tumblr.com/post/36828226002</link><guid>http://worldclassembarrassments.tumblr.com/post/36828226002</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:05:14 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Doug Ford talks to Andrew Krystal </title><description>&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/larrylarry/status/273524713563758592"&gt;Doug Ford talks to Andrew Krystal &lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/larrylarry/status/273524713563758592"&gt;Nov. 27, 2012&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://worldclassembarrassments.tumblr.com/post/36797408232</link><guid>http://worldclassembarrassments.tumblr.com/post/36797408232</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 01:52:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Twitter / @joshuahind: The Globe’s gonzo editorial ...</title><description>&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/joshuahind/statuses/262710981933805569"&gt;Twitter / @joshuahind: The Globe’s gonzo editorial ...&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;The Globe is many things, but gonzo? I don’t think so.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://worldclassembarrassments.tumblr.com/post/34532844036</link><guid>http://worldclassembarrassments.tumblr.com/post/34532844036</guid><pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2012 21:20:56 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Toronto Skyline Holds Hazards for Migratory Birds - NYTimes.com</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/28/world/americas/casualties-of-torontos-urban-skies.html?_r=0"&gt;Toronto Skyline Holds Hazards for Migratory Birds - NYTimes.com&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;Somewhere, Dave Winfield is reading this and going “Muhahahaha!”&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://worldclassembarrassments.tumblr.com/post/34524543936</link><guid>http://worldclassembarrassments.tumblr.com/post/34524543936</guid><pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2012 19:33:31 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>At least he’s reading.</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8ydz6NdTE1rsdfgko1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;At least he’s reading.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://worldclassembarrassments.tumblr.com/post/29688841794</link><guid>http://worldclassembarrassments.tumblr.com/post/29688841794</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 Aug 2012 09:40:18 -0400</pubDate><category>mayor rob ford</category></item><item><title>Rob Ford takes heat for New Year’s levee photo with Neo-Nazi | Toronto &amp; GTA | News | Toronto Sun</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.torontosun.com/2012/07/26/rob-ford-takes-heat-for-new-years-levee-photo-with-neo-nazi"&gt;Rob Ford takes heat for New Year’s levee photo with Neo-Nazi | Toronto &amp; GTA | News | Toronto Sun&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;&lt;img height="432" src="http://storage.canoe.ca/v1/dynamic_resize/sws_path/suns-prod-images/1297291314996_ORIGINAL.jpg?quality=80&amp;size=650x" width="650"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;No comment necessary, really.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://worldclassembarrassments.tumblr.com/post/28070507534</link><guid>http://worldclassembarrassments.tumblr.com/post/28070507534</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2012 15:25:27 -0400</pubDate><category>Mayor Rob Ford</category><category>Toronto politics</category><category>neo-Nazis</category><category>putz</category></item><item><title>Just another week with @TOMayorFord | #TOpoli #TTC</title><description>&lt;blockquote&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Also @TOMayorFord - can you possibly go a week without making us all feel embarrassed that you&amp;#8217;re our Mayor? Pretty please? #TOPoli&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/august_mk/statuses/218724112879718401"&gt;#TOpoli&lt;/a&gt; data-datetime=&amp;#8221;2012-06-29T11:14:39+00:00&amp;#8221;&amp;gt;June 29, 2012&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://worldclassembarrassments.tumblr.com/post/26469343371</link><guid>http://worldclassembarrassments.tumblr.com/post/26469343371</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2012 23:54:11 -0400</pubDate><category>Mayor Rob Ford</category><category>TTC</category><category>Toronto politics</category><category>streetcar door open</category><category>endangering life</category></item><item><title>Via @TabathaSouthey: Toronto’s new tourist attraction: Come see the Rob Ford Follies #TOpoli</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/tabatha-southey/torontos-new-tourist-attraction-come-see-the-rob-ford-follies/article2430559/"&gt;Via @TabathaSouthey: Toronto’s new tourist attraction: Come see the Rob Ford Follies #TOpoli&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://worldclassembarrassments.tumblr.com/post/23141934188</link><guid>http://worldclassembarrassments.tumblr.com/post/23141934188</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 21:59:37 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>I can't disagree</title><description>&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/#!/Anon_GovWatchCA/statuses/198004592485740544"&gt;https://twitter.com/#!/Anon_GovWatchCA/statuses/198004592485740544&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://worldclassembarrassments.tumblr.com/post/22315876054</link><guid>http://worldclassembarrassments.tumblr.com/post/22315876054</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 07:24:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Daniel Dale and the mayor .... </title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1172168--daniel-dale-on-what-happened-near-the-mayor-s-home"&gt;Daniel Dale and the mayor .... &lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://worldclassembarrassments.tumblr.com/post/22315823987</link><guid>http://worldclassembarrassments.tumblr.com/post/22315823987</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 07:22:01 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>An observation from @HiMYSYeD | #TOpoli #FoBroSho</title><description>&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/#!/HiMYSYeD/statuses/196675624507678720"&gt;https://twitter.com/#!/HiMYSYeD/statuses/196675624507678720&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;No, please don&amp;#8217;t.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://worldclassembarrassments.tumblr.com/post/22190566897</link><guid>http://worldclassembarrassments.tumblr.com/post/22190566897</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 09:16:42 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>A word from @junctionette | #TOpoli #HarperHistory</title><description>&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/#!/junctionette/statuses/195849342203076608"&gt;https://twitter.com/#!/junctionette/statuses/195849342203076608&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://worldclassembarrassments.tumblr.com/post/21914361153</link><guid>http://worldclassembarrassments.tumblr.com/post/21914361153</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:18:00 -0400</pubDate><category>cyclists</category><category>unionists</category><category>activists</category><category>Toronto politics</category></item><item><title>Rob Ford to skip parade, but urged to attend other Pride events</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/rob-ford-to-skip-parade-but-urged-to-attend-other-pride-events/article2406387/"&gt;Rob Ford to skip parade, but urged to attend other Pride events&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://worldclassembarrassments.tumblr.com/post/21368837235</link><guid>http://worldclassembarrassments.tumblr.com/post/21368837235</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 01:02:30 -0400</pubDate><category>homophobia</category><category>Rob Ford</category><category>Pride Toronto</category><category>LGBT</category></item><item><title>Over to you, Madam Speaker … </title><description>&lt;iframe src="//www.tumblr.com/video/worldclassembarrassments/20445312983/400" id="tumblr_video_iframe_20445312983" class="tumblr_video_iframe" width="400" height="225" style="display:block;background-color:transparent;overflow:hidden;" allowTransparency="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Over to you, &lt;em&gt;Madam Speaker&lt;/em&gt; … &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://worldclassembarrassments.tumblr.com/post/20445312983</link><guid>http://worldclassembarrassments.tumblr.com/post/20445312983</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 22:16:42 -0400</pubDate><category>No class</category><category>Toronto politics</category><category>Frances Nunziata</category></item><item><title>World class streetcars ... </title><description>&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/#!/Blackbird_2/status/186165582578728960"&gt;World class streetcars ... &lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://worldclassembarrassments.tumblr.com/post/20287228706</link><guid>http://worldclassembarrassments.tumblr.com/post/20287228706</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2012 10:54:27 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1okrfcgoy1rsdfgko1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://worldclassembarrassments.tumblr.com/post/20157565038</link><guid>http://worldclassembarrassments.tumblr.com/post/20157565038</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:35:39 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Doug Ford on the Port Lands again</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.torontolife.com/daily/informer/ford-focus/2012/03/29/quoted-doug-ford-port-lands-study/"&gt;Doug Ford on the Port Lands again&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;Apparently the latest study just shows how prescient he really is.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://worldclassembarrassments.tumblr.com/post/20145770759</link><guid>http://worldclassembarrassments.tumblr.com/post/20145770759</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 20:56:29 -0400</pubDate><category>Doug Ford</category><category>port lands</category><category>monorail</category><category>ferris wheel</category><category>shopping malls</category><category>parking</category></item></channel></rss>
